WALK A STRAIGHT LINE

Meaning of WALK A STRAIGHT LINE in English

walk without staggering, show that you are sober

If you can't walk a straight line, don't drive a vehicle.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

WALK A STRAIGHT LINE — walk without staggering, show that you are sober If you can't walk a straight line, don't drive a vehicle.
English Idioms vocab
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walke ), from Old English wealcan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adverb ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streght, streit, from past participle of strecchen to stretch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALK — /wawk/ , v.i. 1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — — straightly , adv. — straightness , n. /strayt/ , adj. straighter, straightest , adv. , n. adj. 1. without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken ), from Old English wealcan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK — noun conduct; course of action; behavior. 2. walk ·vi to move off; to depart. 3. walk ·add. ·noun a place …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT — adj a variant of strait, ·adj. 2. straight ·vt to straighten. 3. straight ·superl unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
WALK — [walk] vb [partly fr. ME walken (past welk, pp. walken), fr. OE wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT — [straight] adj [ME streght, straight, fr. pp. of strecchen to stretch--more at stretch] (14c) 1 a: free from curves, bends, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALK — in horsemanship, moderately slow four-beat gait of a horse, during which each foot strikes the ground separately and the horse …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALK — / wɔːk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move or go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALK — I. walk 1 S1 W1 /wɔːk $ wɒːk/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to move forward by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALK — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Oxford English vocab
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
WALK — ( walks, walking, walked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cliff walk (= a walk along cliffs ) ▪ Shall we do the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALK — [noun]He went for/took a walk around the block, to clear his head. [C]They went on a ten-mile walk to raise …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIGHT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WALK — I. noun 1 trip on foot ADJECTIVE ▪ brief , little , short ▪ We took a brief ~ around …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT — INDEX: 1. straight lines or objects 2. travelling or moving in a straight line 3. sitting or standing straight 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
WALK — n. 25B6; verb they walked along the road : STROLL, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — n. 25B6; adjective a long, straight road : UNSWERVING, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending. that picture …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WALK — v. 1 advance, proceed, move, go, wend, go or make (one's) way by foot, tread, step, perambulate, stalk, stride, tramp, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние в) спорт ходьба (как вид состязания) 2) а) прогулка пешком to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIGHT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — walk.ogg _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут ( в графе ) ; обход ( графа ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут (в графе); обход (графа) • - cat walk - drilling bit walk - drill bit walk - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая (на графике) 6) геофиз. профиль 7) ребро …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WALK — 1) блуждание 2) блуждать 3) гулять 4) дорожка 5) ходить 6) ходьба • aperiodic random walk — апериодическое случайное блуждание continuous random walk — непрерывное случайное блуждание controlled random …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STRAIGHT — 1) двоичный натуральный 2) непосредственно 3) непосредственный 4) непростреленный 5) неразбавленный 6) неразветвленный 7) прямо 8) прямой 9) прямолинейный 10) чистый • climb straight ahead — набор высоты по прямой doubly straight …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WALK — _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая линия …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние a 14 km walk out of the town — на расстоянии …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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